Does this make me a bad person?

With my family gone to visit family for a couple days, I got to sit down tonight and watch almost an entire Red Sox game from start to finish . . . live and in real-time! Of course, being the tech expert geek that I am, I watched the game through my PS3 while following the Rays v Red Sox twitter feed on my MLB.tv account.

Having publicized my acceptance of the Red Sox likely mediocre season about a week and a half ago, I’ve been more than excited to see their recent win streak since that time. Making it even more fun was that the Rays fans on twitter seemed to almost unanimously blame the umpire for their loss as opposed to their own poor play. That led to this “conversation” tonight with a random Rays fan over twitter:

I have to admit that this conversation left me feeling almost as giddy as the Red Sox two wins in a row against their rivals the Rays. And mostly because this gentleman – who I’m sure is a fine upstanding human being even if he does cheer for the Rays – seemed completely oblivious to the fact I was purposely evading his question just to mock his team. I let it go at this point simply because I ran out of ideas to be evasive with. Of course I knew he wanted me to admit my Red Sox are three spots below them in the standings, but that would only rain on my parade.

Does this make me a bad person, or just a fan enjoying giving another fan a well-intentioned ribbing? 😉 Either way, it made my evening just a little more enjoyable despite the absence of my family.